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To the Editor: A huge THANK YOU to Eunice at Bagel Delight for allowing Scouts BSA Troop 870 to have our Mother’s Day Fundraiser outside of her wonderful shop this past Saturday. The girls were selling homemade candy and confections, and despite the ...

To the Editor: Wharton is dangling a shiny object with the promise of “great” tax advantages to their proposal and some P&Z board members seem to be attracted to it. But has anyone stopped to consider that lower property values will yield lower prope...

To the Editor: The Newtown Lions Club held a month-long food drive at the Newtown Community Center from April 3 thru April 30 for FAITH and local food pantries. We would like to thank the residents of Newtown for the generous amount of food that we r...

To the Editor: I seldom write Letters to the Editor. I am a resident of Newtown for 64 years, raised my five children here, and just needed to share why I love this town. On my way home from St Rose today, May 5th, stopped at the traffic light at the...

To the Editor: I was thrilled to see that Mr Wes Johnson was selected for the district’s Profiles in Professionalism award. I can think of no one more deserving. It has pained me to witness some of what Mr Johnson has had to endure in taking on this ...

To the Editor: I was in attendance at the May 3 BOE meeting. As always, I was looking forward to listening to Wesley Johnson update the board on how things are going with implementing the previous board’s DEI resolution. His presentation was very inf...

UPDATE: Due to incorrect information from the Town Clerk's Office, the time of this clinic was incorrectly listed in this week's Newtown Bee web and print edition calendar - and in this release. The hours are 9 - 11 am, Saturday, May 14. * * * *...

To the Editor: Right now, the right to abortion care is at risk because of a deliberate, decades-long takeover of the Supreme Court by powerful right-wing extremists. We’re seeing the culmination of this takeover as the Court prepares to overturn Roe...

To the Editor: The May 5th Planning & Zoning meeting may have been an all-time comedy milestone for Newtown. Wharton Equities LLC had the usual gang of provocateurs led by attorney Thomas Cody on stage once again trying to con the community into beli...

To the Editor: Early on in Connecticut legislative session, there was a proposal before the Public Safety Committee (SB 132) that would have legalized certain classes of consumer grade fireworks. The bill failed to make it beyond the committee proces...